Chapter 56

Qing Yu was cold and proud, "The condition we agreed upon was that you would exchange my item for Huo Xiaoling. Since you didn't bring the item, why should I release Huo Xiaoling? Get lost."

Yan Gang was furious, but he knew he was no match for Qing Yu. Seeing Qing Yu's gaze growing colder, Yan Gang quickly left, fearing he might be captured as well.

Huo Xiaoling was tied and sitting on the snow, watching Qing Yu's back. Her eyes flickered. If this person was indeed from the Baiye clan, no one among the trial students could be his match. The transaction in eight days was completely under his control; he was just playing around.

At the foot of the Tianzhu Peak, one student after another appeared, mostly from the second batch of trial students.

Most of these students had removed their personal terminals to avoid revealing their locations and to hide.

Mono also appeared and hid.

Another Rongjing realm expert whose cultivation was sealed, besides Mono, also hid.

Those who dared to appear here now were the true elites.

The eight days passed quickly. During these eight days, Lu Yin had been observing the star map, watching the stars move. The fourth star became clearer, but it still didn't fully appear.

Sighing, the later the simulation of the stars, the more difficult it became. Lu Yin could feel that adding more stars wasn't easy. The Tianxing Gong was more like imitating the universe to create a star system. This was a grand cultivation technique. Just four stars were so difficult, and the Tianxing Gong he currently mastered could simulate up to eight stars. He didn't know when he would complete it.

As for breaking through to the Rongjing realm, it was unlikely in the short term.

Breaking through to the Rongjing realm wasn't as simple as directly undergoing body shaping. Each person's constitution was different, and the difficulties they faced in breaking through to the Rongjing realm were also different. It required a certain feeling, a signal from the body. Only by obtaining that feeling could one prove that the body was ready to break through. Otherwise, even if the body shaping was successful, it would still fail, and the consequences of a failed body shaping were something Lu Yin didn't want to experience.

If breaking through to the Rongjing realm were that easy, someone like Las, who wasn't short of star energy crystals, would have already broken through.

Everything a person mastered would affect their breakthrough to the Rongjing realm, including their cultivation technique.

Lu Yin looked at his palm, unsure how the Tianxing Gong would affect his breakthrough to the Rongjing realm.

Flipping his palm, the dice appeared. Lu Yin crushed another cubic star energy crystal, and the dice began to absorb it frantically, quickly returning to normal.

Lu Yin was overjoyed. The dice had recovered. Calculating the time, once he used it five times, he would reach his limit and fall into a deep sleep, and the dice would also sleep for ten days. In other words, he could generally use it four times at a time and should rest for a few days afterward.

Lu Yin really wanted to use it now. He had plenty of star energy crystals in his storage ring, but the time had come, and it was time to go to Tianzhu.

Leaving his bedroom, he soared into the air. Not far away, Zhang Dingtian and others were already waiting for him. There were five people in total: Zhang Dingtian, Bai Xue, Granie, Gulesi, and Balaluo. With him, they were six people. Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng stayed behind in the capital.

Behind Zhang Dingtian and the others, a group of students were tied up, each looking pale and thin, clearly starved. Although they were weak, their eyes still glared angrily at Lu Yin, especially Las and Jenny Ona, the son of the deputy finance minister and the heir of the Ona family, who had never experienced such hardship.

People like Wei Luo were now quite common.

"Let's go," Zhang Dingtian said in a deep voice, soaring into the air. He had a rope tied to forty-two students, dragging them like a string of empty bottles toward the west. They all left, and these students couldn't be left behind, or Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng wouldn't be able to hold them.

Lu Yin was stunned. This scene was quite spectacular. He wondered what other students would think if they saw it.

Granie was already in shock. She was just an ordinary trial student, and any of the captured students could easily defeat her. Now, they were being treated like this, challenging her worldview.

Gulesi was quite excited, taunting Eder, Las, and others, and especially Jenny Ona, who was so angry she wanted to bite someone.

Lu Yin greeted Bai Xue, but she didn't give him a good look.

Lu Yin understood why. He had already heard the rumors in the city. It was normal for Bai Xue to be angry, and even he was a bit angry. What did it mean to be rejected? Was he that bad?

On the other side, in the sky above Tianzhu, countless Tianzhu survivors stared in shock. Qing Yu had tied all the captured students with a rope and dragged them to the foot of the Zang Peak, just like Zhang Dingtian, making many students so angry they spat blood. They were elites, and now they had lost all their dignity.

Huo Xiaoling's face was red with anger, hating not only Qing Yu but also Lu Yin. Why couldn't they just make a fair trade? Using them as leverage, what a bastard. If it weren't for the trial, she would have broken her seal and challenged Qing Yu to a decisive battle.

Outside Earth, Xikemaluo and others also had very bad expressions. Mira, however, was laughing happily, watching the screen, which finally switched to the foot of the Zang Peak, the final battleground. No one thought this would be a simple transaction; a battle was inevitable.

Qing Yu set out a day early. When he arrived at the foot of the Zang Peak, Lu Yin and the others hadn't arrived yet, but he gave the many students waiting there a good show.

The elite students who had always been high and mighty were now being humiliated, including Huo Xiaoling. Many students were gloating.

Yan Gang was so angry he trembled. Huo Xiaoling was the fiancée of the young lord of the Lianyan Star. This scene wasn't just a slap in the face for Huo Xiaoling but also for the young lord of the Lianyan Star.

Qing Yu casually threw the students on the ground, yawned, and looked at the towering Zang Peak nearby, his expression relaxed, showing no signs of being a wanted fugitive.

Half a day later, Lu Yin arrived.

When Lu Yin and the others appeared, the many hidden students were shocked again. The number of students Lu Yin had captured was even greater than Qing Yu's, hanging in a string in the air, creating a spectacular scene. Even Yan Gang was stunned, followed by a wave of anger. The Lianyan Star and the Ona family had a good relationship, and he had been hosted by the Ona family when he came to the Dayu Empire. He never expected Jenny Ona to be treated like this, sharing the same fate as Huo Xiaoling, almost making him explode with anger.

The students protecting Jenny Ona were also so angry they trembled. They could foresee that once this scene was reported back to the Dayu Empire, the Ona family would lose all face.

Compared to these two women, Las seemed less important.

Qing Yu looked at Lu Yin and the others with bright eyes, his gaze finally settling on Lu Yin. "You're the one who negotiated with me."

"How do you know?" Lu Yin was puzzled.

Qing Yu smiled faintly. "Intuition."

Lu Yin waved his hand, and Zhang Dingtian threw the forty-two students on the ground, just a short distance from the thirty-two students tied by Qing Yu. They looked at each other, feeling quite awkward, especially Huo Xiaoling and Jenny Ona. The Hu family and the Ona family didn't have a good relationship, but they were on the same level, and the two had known each other since childhood. They never expected to meet in such a situation.

"Here are all the students, thirty-two in total. Where's my item?" Qing Yu crossed his arms and looked at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin took out the stone and casually threw it to Qing Yu.

Qing Yu caught it, looking at the sixteen-faced ancient stone, his eyes flashing with excitement. Then he looked at Lu Yin in surprise. "Don't you want to know what this thing is for?"

"No," Lu Yin replied indifferently. Facing this person, he didn't want to reveal the Baiye Fist. Who knew if it would be exposed to the Baiye clan? He didn't want to be hunted. It was better to get rid of this thing as soon as possible.

Qing Yu praised, "Very smart and sensible. You didn't try to fool me with a fake. Unfortunately, if you hadn't threatened me, I could have given you a bright future."

Qing Yu's words made Lu Yin's eyes cold. Zhang Dingtian stepped forward, facing Qing Yu, his eyes flashing with killing intent.

"Was it you who caused the Earth's evolution?" Zhang Dingtian asked in a deep voice.

Qing Yu looked at Zhang Dingtian and sneered, "What are you? You dare to question me?" He then looked at Zhang Dingtian's long knife and laughed. "My knife was actually obtained by a piece of trash like you. It's an insult. Give it to me." With that, his figure disappeared, charging directly at Zhang Dingtian.

Zhang Dingtian raised his knife and slashed, the blade moving rapidly, launching a full-force attack. The slash cut through the air, heading straight for Qing Yu. Qing Yu was surprised. "Cross-realm combat? Interesting." He then drew out an iron rod and smashed it down, easily crushing Zhang Dingtian's slash. The iron rod pierced through the void, blocking out a part of the sky and pressing down, not just on Zhang Dingtian but also on Lu Yin, Bai Xue, Gulesi, and the others, all of whom were enveloped in this attack.